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21/05/2009

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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 21TH MAY 2009

PRESS RELEASE

Bishop Shanahan JNS, Orwell Park raised its first Green Flag for Waste and Litter on Friday 15th May 2009. Deputy Mayor of South Dublin County Councillor Eamon Walsh attended the flag raising ceremony and he congratulated the staff, pupils, board of management and parents association at Bishop Shanahan JNS saying I can see how clean your school yard is thanks to the daily litter picking. I also heard all about your recycling scheme for paper, batteries, stamps, mobile phones and how you minimise waste by bringing reusable lunch boxes and drink containers and composting fruit skins. All these actions are helping to improve our environment. This flag is a symbol of all your hard work to make your school a cleaner and greener place

Bishop Shanahan JNS Green Schools Committee is comprised of pupils, teachers, parents, Special Needs Assistants, the school caretaker and the Green Schools Coordinator Ms. Anne Brady.

Recent research by An Taisce on the economic value of the Green-Schools programme to schools in Ireland has revealed that the programmehassaved schools in Ireland aminimum 2 million in waste, electricity, water and fuel costs this year.The results reveal a minimum of 12 tonnes of waste diverted from landfills in Ireland every school day by schools undertaking the programme. Because the programme also involves the wider community the overall savings to the wider community could be several times the 2 million saved by the schools involved.

By the end of January 2009 there were over3,100 primary, secondary and special schools in Ireland participating in the programme. This represented over 75% of all schools in Ireland. The Irish Green-Schools programme is one of themost successful within the international network. One of the main factors in the success of the Irish Green-Schools programme is the partnership between the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce and Local Authorities i.e.the financial and time contribution of the Local Authorities to the programme.

For further information contact Claire Hinch, Environmental Awareness Section

chinch@sdublincoco.ie

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